Balance the Grid game

[dan_b]

A little birdy tells me (ok, the National Grid account on the platform formerly known as Twitter) that from tomorrow 16th November, there will be a "Balance the Grid" game available to play on the National Grid ESO website.

Sounds fun - that's my day sorted!

[Moxi]

nice spot Dan,

I will be giving that a go, dont forget anyone wanting to run a boiling water reactor simulation cand do so by downloading this - I have a copy on my laptop and periodically run the sim to keep my hand in

https://acmenuclearservices.com/

Moxi

[dan_b]

Has anyone given it a go yet?

[dan_b]

Ooh it gets tricky! Have a go and we can share our best scores?

https://www.nationalgrideso.com/what-we ... ce%20daily.

[Moxi]

Been busy but manage a total of 31,600 and concluded that I’m better driving a reactor than I am the national grid.

Partly I think the game needs more control as the ability to increase gas bio nuke and coal is instantaneous but the turn down is slower meaning you need to charge the batteries hydro or export which then sets you up for a fall when you lose prime mover generation.

Good fun tho

Moxi

[dan_b]

Just got my best score of 32,200 - it all got a bit sketchy when the interconnector went down and then the wind turbines stopped generating due to low wind speed, but just scraped through without crashing the grid!

[Moxi]

Sorry Dan, your turn again

Moxi

[Mart]

Been having a play.

[dan_b]

Wow, great scores. I must try harder!

[Moxi]

I like your expenditure score Mart, thats one I normally struggle with.

Moxi